Sherlock Holmes - The Case of the Shy Ballerina
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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
"The Case of the Shy Ballerina"
Originally aired November 22, 1954.
A simple case of mistakenly switched coats suddenly turns into blackmail and then murder! When poor Watson's hat was found at the scene of the crime, even he becomes a suspect.
This episode features Natalie Schaffer, best known in her role later on in television history as Mrs. Lovey Howell in Gilligan's Island.
"The Case of the Shy Ballerina"
Originally aired November 22, 1954.
A simple case of mistakenly switched coats suddenly turns into blackmail and then murder! When poor Watson's hat was found at the scene of the crime, even he becomes a suspect.
This episode features Natalie Schaffer, best known in her role later on in television history as Mrs. Lovey Howell in Gilligan's Island.
Credits
Written by Charles Early
Produced and Directed by Sheldon Reynolds
Starring:
Ronald Howard ............. Sherlock Holmes
Howard Marion-Crawford .... Dr. John H. Watson (as H. Marion Crawford)
Archie Duncan ............. Inspector Lestrade
Guest Cast:
Natalie Schafer ........... Mrs. Elaine Chelton (as Nathalie Schafer)
Eugene Deckers ............ Serge Smernoff
Martine Alexis ............ Olga Yaclanoff
- Addeddate
- 2007-08-03 14:45:14
- Closed captioning
- no
- Color
- b/w
- Director
- Sheldon Reynolds
- Ia_orig__runtime
- 27 minutes
- Identifier
- SherlockHolmes-TheCaseoftheShyBallerina
- Run time
- 27:00
- Sound
- mono
- Year
- 1954
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Reviews
Reviewer:
Victor Von Psychotron
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November 12, 2023
Subject: It's fun.
Subject: It's fun.
This is always a fun little show, and this episode (and the story upon which it's based) shows how Doyle could take a simple premise like someone picking up the wrong coat and spin it into a murder mystery.
Reviewer:
heathdevgan
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October 13, 2023
Subject: Sherlock Holmes - The Case of the Shy Ballerina
Subject: Sherlock Holmes - The Case of the Shy Ballerina
The 1954–1955 "Sherlock Holmes" series starring Ronald Howard has some wonderful episodes, in my opinion. A strong mystery, amusingly bizarre components, and endearing character moments are all expertly blended into a half-hour show when the series is at its best. One of its advantages is that, even with a brief running length, it manages to savor exquisitely crafted character moments between Holmes and Watson in nearly every episode. https://driftboss.io/
Reviewer:
mmosell
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August 8, 2021
Subject: Well Worth Watching
Subject: Well Worth Watching
Fun-filled half hour. Has all the ingredients of satisfying light mystery: cast of crazy characters including murder victim/musical composer, victim's wife (Mrs. Howe from Gilligan's Island), Russian ballerina, and director of her St. Petersburg Royal ballet--Serge Smernoff who hams it up even more than Dr. Watson. Standard themes of espionage, illicit affairs, case of mistaken identity (of hats and coats), make for a meaty plot with a nice twist at the end. A rare chance to hear Lestrade say his own name proving that Basil Rathbone may have been in error all these years. Only a better theme song would have made this entertaining series better-maybe a different composer using a different four notes.
Reviewer:
dymajet
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February 26, 2009
Subject: Classic TV - A must for Holmes Fans
Subject: Classic TV - A must for Holmes Fans
this site introduced me to Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes and I shall be for ever grateful. After watching the eight episodes available here, I treated myself to all 37 episodes made on a DVD collection!!
The TV series was never shown in the UK until a few years ago when a satellite channel called Bonanza continually repeated 8 episodes on a daily basis before going bust, They have recently reappeared as the Young@heart channel, repeating the same 8 episodes.
Howard is excellent as Holmes and his Dr Watson is almost as funny as Nigel Bruce was with Basil Rathbone. Archie Duncan (Little John from the 50s British Robin Hood TV series) plays a brilliant, if somewhat grumpy, Inspector Lestrade. The story lines are a little stilted and very dated but all in all, these shows are television history at its best.
Five Stars!!!!!
The TV series was never shown in the UK until a few years ago when a satellite channel called Bonanza continually repeated 8 episodes on a daily basis before going bust, They have recently reappeared as the Young@heart channel, repeating the same 8 episodes.
Howard is excellent as Holmes and his Dr Watson is almost as funny as Nigel Bruce was with Basil Rathbone. Archie Duncan (Little John from the 50s British Robin Hood TV series) plays a brilliant, if somewhat grumpy, Inspector Lestrade. The story lines are a little stilted and very dated but all in all, these shows are television history at its best.
Five Stars!!!!!
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